Two other issues of 1655 have as printers Officina Elseviriorum, and Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios. The present issue was actually printed by Johannes and Daniel Elzevier, though only Johannes is credited on t.p. See Rahir

Edited by Worm's son Willum, who signed the dedication. See Willems

Woodcut printer's device on t.p. with motto Non solus. Engraved plates comprise a full-page port. of the author by G. Wingendorp after C. van Mander, and a double-page view of the interior of the author's cabinet by Wingendorp, tipped onto a stub at the centerfold. Of additional in-text ill., 11 are engravings (2 full page), the remainder woodcuts. Head- and tail-pieces, initials

Signatures: *⁶ A-3C⁴

Includes index

"Authores quorum in hoc opere mentio sit"--P. [10] of preliminaries

Willems, A. Elzevir

Rahir, E. Elzevier

Sloan candidate

Binding: old leather, repaired. Boards tooled in blind with double frames. Spine and edges of boards tooled in gilt; title in gilt on red spine label. Page edges sprinkled red

Eighteenth-century bookplate of: J[ohn] Sharp D.D., Preb[endary] of Durham, Arch Deacon of North[ampton]. Modern bookplate of Peter Seaby

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